LOUGHBOROUGH is the venue for an inquest opening today (Tuesday) into the deaths of a father and two children found dead in Leicestershire.

David Stokes, 43, was found dead with a stab wound to the chest at a house in Welwyn Road, Hinckley, in the early hours of Wednesday November 2. The bodies of Matthew Stokes, aged five, and his 11-year brother Adam, were also found at the address.

Sally Stokes, who was found to have been injured, was taken to hospital where she was said to be in a stable condition.

Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.

The inquest takes place this morning at Loughborough Coroner’s Court in Southfield Road.